Chapter 3- Test Review- Theory and Science of Human Development

What is one potential hazard to breast feeding?

• There is risk of passing HIV to a baby through breast milk if the mother has the virus.

• Breastfeeding always causes lactose intolerance in babies.

• Breastfeeding leads to permanent tooth decay in all infants.

• Breastfeeding prevents all types of infections in babies.

Which of the following technologies, a measure of the brain's electrical activity, have researchers been able to use successfully to learn about the brain's development in infancy?

• electroencephalogram (EEG)

• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

• computed tomography (CT) scan

• positron emission tomography (PET)

When Martha wants to feed her newborn son, she gently brushes her nipple against his cheek and, in the _____ reflex, he turns his head toward the side that was touched and immediately latches onto her breast.

• Rooting

• Moro

• Babinski

• Grasping

Piaget proposed that cognitive development between stages is

• qualitatively different

• quantitatively similar

• randomly assigned

• biologically fixed

Research indicates that which neurotransmitter plays an important role in SIDS?

• Serotonin

• Dopamine

• Acetylcholine

• GABA

Identify an outcome—supported by research—for infants who are breast-fed when compared with bottle-fed infants.

• Breast-fed infants are less likely to develop weight issues in childhood than bottle-fed infants.

• Breast-fed infants are more likely to develop lactose intolerance than bottle-fed infants.

• Breast-fed infants are less likely to bond with their mothers than bottle-fed infants.

• Breast-fed infants are more prone to dehydration than bottle-fed infants.

Which of the following is TRUE about first-year milestones in gross motor skills?

• Experiences can modify the onset of these accomplishments.

• All children achieve these milestones at the same time.

• Gross motor skills are not important in the first year.

• Milestones are only influenced by genetics.

_____ are tiny gaps, or junctions, between neurons' fibers.

• Synapses

• Axons

• Dendrites

• Myelin sheaths

Which of the following technologies measures infants' brains as they are exploring the world around them?

• functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

• electrocardiography (ECG)

• pulse oximetry

• spirometry

Which of the following statements is true regarding brain development?